Brassiere



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UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE;

SAMUEL J. NEWMAN, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT,

AND WEBSTER BENJAMIN, OF

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO I. NEWMAN & SONS, INC., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

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Application filed August 11 1922. Serial R0. 581,212.

To all'wlwm it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL J. NEWMAN and WEBSTER BENJAMIN, both citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, and Newark, in the county of .Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Brassiere, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to brassieres and has for an object to provide an improved construction in which a pleasing effect is produced and .also a binding action for rounding o'ut the figure; v

Another object of the invention is to provide a. brassiere having an elastic vest for temporarily holding the parts in place and means covering the same acting as a binding member for compressing and rounding out certain parts of the body.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved brassiere arranged with a covering body formed more or less ornamental and co-acting members which co-act with the covering body and with the corset of the wearer to hold the body in a desired form without distorting'the covering body.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bras-' siere disclosing an embodiment of the in-,

vention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1 butshowing the covering body open and thrown back.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2- but showin the clamping band open and thrown back.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 but showing a slightly modified structure with the parts open and somewhat spread out.

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional-view Figure 6 is brassiere to that shown'in Figure 4. r a

Figure 7 is a horizontal sectional view through the brassiere shown in Figure 6 as 1 the same would appear when in use.

Referring to the accompanying drawings perspective view of a modiby numeral, 11 indicates a body provided with a back portion 12 merging into the sides ofthe front portions or flaps 13'and 14. The body is provided with suitable openings 15 and 16 acting as arm 0 enings through which the arms are passed w en the device is to be used. It will be noted from the drawing that the body '11 is cut to properly' fit the figure so' that the front portions- 13 and 14 overlap to a desired extent. In

order to bring these front portions under some tension, they are provided with hooks or other securing members 17 and 18 adapt-' ed to hook into the respective eyelets 20 and l 19 of the front flap 14 and of the supporting or restraining band 21. In order to draw together or move under tension the upper part of the front flaps or portions 13 and 14, a hook 22 is secured to a suitable tape or other mounting 23 which is secured to the under side of the flap or front portion 13, said hook 22 being adapted to be interlocked with the retaining member 24 which is provided with a series of apertures for receiving the hook.

The body 11, with its overlapping front portions or flaps 13 and 14, forms a more or less ornamental covering or brassiere body butsometimes the person wearing the garment is more or less unsha ly and, consequently, this structure woul not groperl support .that part of the bod; wit who it comes in contact. To bin in the body near and above the waist line, the supporting or clamping band 21 is provided, wh ch is divided into two arts and the res ctive parts'sec'ured by sultable lines of stltching to the body 11 near the sides thereof, sa1 sections extending over'the front where they may be drawn toward each other by sultable lacing 25. Before the lacing 25 is utilized, the garment may be supported on a person by elastic sections 26 and-27 WhlOh are connected to the body 11 near the sides by stitchin or other suitable means, sald elastic sections being of substantially the same width as the band 21. In Fi '3, suitable snap fasteners 28 are provi ed for holding the sections 26 and 27 together, said snap fasteners bein of a central line so t at they will not appear beneath the o ning left by the lacing 25. It will, there ore, be noted that the section arranged to one side I the support 21.

27 is of less length than section 26. In Figure 4, both of the sections 26 and 27 are ofthe same length so that the snap fasteners 28 in this form of the invention will be centrally ofthe garment or ,directly in front of the person using the article.

In use when the article is first placed in position on a person, the fasteners 28 are properly interlocked and when this has been done it will be noted that the elastic sections 26 and 27 are under tension. The band 21 is then laced and as it is laced the ends are drawn towards each other until the sections 26 and 27 have been relieved of substantially all tension thereon so that the band 21 will act as a support or clamping member for holding that part of the body positioned adj acent the band in a rounded position and also in such a manner as not to distort the flaps 13 and 14 which are later folded over In corsets as now commonly used, the waist line of the corset is only a few inches below the top ofthe corset and, consequently, the body of the person wearing the corset above the waist line is left unsupported. The supporting band 21 is designed to extend down to approximately the waist line of the corset and to co-act with the corset in binding in part 'of the body of the person immediately above the corset so that the flaps or front portions 13 and 14 will not be distorted.

In Figures 6 and 7 will be seen a further modified form of the invention to that shown in Figure 4 wherein the construction is identical except for the restraining members 34 and 35, which restraining mem.

bers; are of elastic material provided with sultable fastening means similar to the ing members 34 and 35 are arrangedso that the fastening members 36 will be centrally of the body when'in use as shown in F igure 7. These elastic members are secured to the two sections 37 and 38 of the restraining band 21 along the lines 39 and 40. It will thus be seen that the sections 37 and 38 are stitched to the body of the brassiere beneath the arms and along the lines 41 and 42 but the elastic sections are secured in place an appreciable distance forwardly therefrom on the band 21. This will permit a proper functioning of the elastic sections structure shown in Figure 4. The restrainto each side of said -without adding thickness or unnecessary large seams at the sides.

What we claim is 1. A brassiere, comprising a body formed with a pair of overlapping front flaps, means at the lower part of said flaps for holding the flaps in overlapping position,-

adjustable means near the top of said flaps for adjustably connecting the flaps together near their upper parts, an elastic vest connected to said body near the sides and positioned to extend acrossthe front of the gar, ment, and an adjustable support connected to said body near the sides and extending across the front of the garment, said adjustable support being positioned between said flapsand said elastic vest.-

2. A brassiere of the character described, comprising a body open at the front. and provided with overlapping sections at .the front, a pair of restraining members secured to said body'near the sides, means for drawing the front edges of said restraining members towards each other, a pair of elastic members meeting at the front of said body for temporarily holding the brassiere on a person, and, means for connecting said elastic members togetherat their point of meet- S. A brassiere, comprising a body open at one point from top to bottom, a restraining band divided into two sections, said secto each of said sections and fastening means for connecting the elastic members together.

4. A brassiere of the character described, comprising a body open at the front, meansv fer securing the parts of said body together, an inelastic restrainin member connected Eody and an elastic restraining member connected to each section of said inelastic restraining member,

each elasticmember being provided with means for connecting the elastic fastening members together when the garment is in use, and lacing for holding said inelastic restraining member in position when in use, said lacing acting to take the strain of! of the elastic members.

SAMUEL J. NEWMAN.

WEBSTER BENJAMIN. 

